deserves a place in our history books [ applause ] >> she, too, deserves a place of honor in america's memory. >> since her death, historically black colleges and universities across the u.s. have held events honoring her accomplishments. >>> massive amounts of crude oil continue to gush from the oil rig off the louisiana coast. there's great concern now the slick will damage sensitive wildlife habitats tas drifts towards land -- as it drifts towards land. >> reporter: the giant oil slick could wash ashore to louisiana by tomorrow. five times more oil than previously thought is leaking from a damaged drill site, about 5,000 barrels a day, this after a third leak was found suing oil to the surface. >> what we will do actually doesn't change. >> reporter: the u.s. military is now offering to take a bigger role in the cleanup, something bp oil, the company operating the drilling rig welcomed. on wednesday bp and the coast guard conducted a control burn out at sea. fire resistance containment booms are used to corral the oil. bp has failed in its attempts to close an underwater well. the